In this task I will be talking about the development of sound which occurred in the 1920s and how the first adapted to it.
The first sound-on-film was released in 1923. When it hit late 1920s, they started to try commercialise it. The films with synchronised sound were at the time called 'talkies' or 'talking pictures'.
The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was 1927's 'The Jazz Singer'. It was a successful film, which was made with Vitaphone, which was the leading sound-on-disc technology company.
By early 1930s, the talkies had become a global phenomenon, this helped Hollywood secure a position as one of the worlds most powerful in cultural/commercial systems. However, in Europe they had suspicion that dialogue would subvert the aesthetics of soundless cinema. In India, sound was the changing point for their very successful film industry and this caused them to expand rapidly.
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